Algerian court has jailed two former harbour-masters of the port of Algiers for criminal association and signing contracts in breach of the law,

Algerian court has jailed two former harbour-masters of the port of Algiers for criminal association and signing contracts in breach of the law, press reports said Thursday.The two men, Bourouai Abdelhak and Ali Farrah, were respectively sentenced to...

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Two men wanted in connection with a double stabbing early Saturday morning that left one man dead and another wounded were captured Wednesday at a relative's home in Cincinnati,

Two men wanted in connection with a double stabbing early Saturday morning that left one man dead and another wounded were captured Wednesday at a relative's home in Cincinnati, and police are now interviewing the suspects.Warrants had been issued Saturday...

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Drug cartels and their affiliated gangs are among those increasingly seizing control of Mexican prisons and practicing "self-rule," prison

Drug cartels and their affiliated gangs are among those increasingly seizing control of Mexican prisons and practicing "self-rule," prison observers say.The Los Zetas drug cartel has the run of the prison in Saltillo, 190 miles southwest of Laredo, Texas,...

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Troops in Venezuela surrounded a jail where inmateswere holding 22 hostages, including the prison director, to protest against an alleged tuberculosis outbreak.

National guard units with helmets and shields blocked access to the Rodeo II prison in Guatire, just outside the capital Caracas, as officials attempted to negotiate a peaceful end to the two-day siege.Prisoners seized the director, Luis Aranguren, and...

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800 inmates escaped on Friday from two Tunisian prisons after fires were set in cells

800 inmates escaped on Friday from two Tunisian prisons after fires were set in cells, the official news agency said.Soldiers and security forces quickly fanned out in a search of the fugitives and at least 35 were caught within hours, TAP said, citing...

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111 U.S. citizens were killed in Mexico last year, nearly half of them on or near the Texas border

111 U.S. citizens were killed in Mexico last year, nearly half of them on or near the Texas border, as the country's gang-fueled violence worsened, according to the U.S. State Department.The recently released reports don't specify how or why the Americans...

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Drug gangs and their hitmen -- groups such as the Aztecas and the Mexicles -- often continue their battles behind bars in the city, located across the border from El Paso, Texas and right at the heart of Mexico's raging drug war.

Where tensions run high, walls have climbed higher to try to stop rival Mexican gangs from taking the blood-stained chaos from the streets of Ciudad Juarez with them into prison.Drug gangs and their hitmen -- groups such as the Aztecas and the Mexicles...

READ MORE - Drug gangs and their hitmen -- groups such as the Aztecas and the Mexicles -- often continue their battles behind bars in the city, located across the border from El Paso, Texas and right at the heart of Mexico's raging drug war.

"El Piolin" Now Under Higher Security

The man accused of leading the attack that left a Brownsville ICE agent dead is now under higher security.Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as El Piolin, was being held by the agency that oversees federal investigations in Mexico, but...

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jail inmate in Arizona said he attacked a guard so he wouldn't be freed and become an assassination target for members of a drug cartel, authorities said.

Alexandro Guerrero, 26, awaiting release from the Pinal County Adult Detention Center April 17, punched a detention officer in the face and continued hitting and kicking him to the ground, The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday.Pinal County Sheriff's...

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St. Paul police gang investigators had been tracking violence involving the 18th Street gang for more than a year when new information deepened their resolve: 11 girls were to be "jumped in" to the gang

St. Paul police gang investigators had been tracking violence involving the 18th Street gang for more than a year when new information deepened their resolve: 11 girls were to be "jumped in" to the gang April 18.They executed 17 search warrants on homes...

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Mexican police have freed 51 migrants who had been abducted and were being held by criminals in the north-eastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Mexican police have freed 51 migrants who had been abducted and were being held by criminals in the north-eastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.'Among those rescued there were 14 Guatemalans, two Hondurans, two Salvadorans, six Chinese and 27 Mexicans,'...

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